Beijing Huitong Ancestral Hall

Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall is located in Huitongxuan, a hillside on the northwest side of Jishuitan Xihai Wetland. Exit c of Jishuitan on Metro Line 2 is the entrance to the scenic spot. Convenient transportation. No reservation is required, free visit. Contribution to Guo Shoujing's life, the capital water conservancy construction, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, etc. have a very comprehensive introduction, the design unit is Tsinghua University, it is worth visiting.

Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall is located at No. 60, Deshengmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, in the Huitong Temple on the north bank of Xihai, Shichahai. The memorial hall was opened in 1988. It is divided into three exhibition halls, open free of charge, showing the achievements of Yuan Dynasty astronomer and water conservator Guo Shoujing.

Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall, located in the Huitong Temple on the hill in the northwest corner of Shichahai Xihai Wetland Park (Jishuitan). The memorial hall is divided into three exhibition halls, showing visitors the achievements of Guo Shoujing, an astronomer and water conservator of the Yuan Dynasty in China. The best place to learn about Beijing and Beijing river and water conservancy projects.

Guo Shoujing, Hebei Xingtai, China Yuan Dynasty outstanding astronomy, water conservancy, mathematics, instrumentation manufacturing expert. He has been leading the world in scientific and technological achievements in his life, and has made great contributions to the development of human sciences. In the 1970s, the International Astronomical Organization named Guo Shoujing, an crater on the back of the moon, and an asteroid in space named 2012. Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall has two places, one in Guo Shoujing's hometown of Xingtai and one in Beijing. The Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall in Beijing is located in the Huitong Temple along the north of Xihai, and is a memorial hall for special characters in social sciences. It was built and opened in October 1988. Huitong was built in the Yuan Dynasty, originally named the town of Water Guanyin Temple, Guo Shoujing has long hosted the water conservancy construction design of the national water system here, and rebuilt during Qianlong, and renamed Huitong Temple. Rebuilt in 1986. The building is well-shaped and elegant, stepping into the garden, small paths, rockery, scattered rocks, ascending and looking at, you can see the clear water, the bridge is lying in the waves, and the shade is hidden. The memorial hall is divided into three exhibition halls, showing the tourists the achievements of Guo Shoujing, an astronomer and water conservator in the Yuan Dynasty. Guo Shoujing has formulated the "Time Calendar", accurately inferred that the day is a year, and presided over the manufacture of more than a dozen astronomical instruments such as simple instruments, back-up instruments, high meters. These results are 300 years earlier than Europe. His greatest achievement is in water conservancy, which can be seen from the exhibition "Guo Shoujing and Dadu Water Conservancy". He spent most of his life engaged in water conservancy construction, with a footprint throughout half of China, and completed the management of more than 100 river canals and canals. He made the most outstanding contributions to the construction of Dadu Water Conservancy. He presided over the development of Baifuxuan, which was the source of Dadu water at that time, and opened Huihe, which promoted the economic development of Yuandadu. The museum also displays the Yuan Dynasty water gate model, the iron anchor of Yuan Dynasty grain ship and related books. In addition, Guo Shoujing's water management achievements in Hebei and other places are also introduced.

Guo Shoujing's major contributions include astronomy, calendar, water conservancy, science and mathematics. Astronomy: he has compiled a variety of astronomy calendar works, revised the calendar, and invented a variety of astronomical instruments; Water conservancy: He was responsible for building the Grand Canal-Tonghui River, which connects Yuan Dadu and Tongzhou, and initially laid the direction and pattern of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal so far in the Yuan Dynasty; Science: He remodeled and invented a variety of instruments used in observatories; Mathematics: He was committed to research and computation.